Cattle-tie



(No Model.)

H. M. ROBBINS. Cattle Tie.

Patented; May 31,1881.

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HENRY M. ROBBINS, OF NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

CATTLE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,370, dated May 81, 1881.

Application filed February 21, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. ROBBINS, ot' Newington, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cattle-Ties, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing where Figure 1 is a view of framework appurtenant to a stable-stall embodying my improvement, most of the timbers being shown in central longitudinal section for the purpose of exposing thepulleys and fastening-rope to view. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the take-up pulley, on an enlarged scale, in diametric crosssection. Fig. 3 is a perspective detached view of rope and pulley, with the stop.

The letters a denote a frame-work appurtenant to a stall in a burn or stable at or near the manger, which, as matters are shown in the drawings, is behind the mangeet'ront b b.

The letter 0 denotes a rope, which may as well be a chain 01 other suitable substitute, which runs up over the pulleys (I, then down under the pulleys c, then up again, with some suitable tying apparatus at the place where the two ends meet. I rather prefer the ring and bar with the loop shown in the drawings.

It will be readily understood that this arrangement gives the row or other animal that is secured by it great freedom and easein raising and dropping the head, getting up and lying down, turning the head sidewise sufficiently to lick herself, 860., but prevents the animal from unduly moving about.

Thetake-up pulley, which I will now describe, is designed to permit the creature to have a greater length of rope when lying down than when standing up. This pulley e is mortised out on one side b mortise e nearl -'t0 the cen-' ter, the remaining part having the usual pulley-surface. The periphe al edges of the pulley are fluted or serrated. When the tyingloop is at the height proper for a standing position of the creature the take-up pulley stands with the solid halfuppermost, as shown in the drawings. and the rope runs over the full height of the pulley. When the creature lies down the stop or cross-barf, which may be adjnstably set at any proper point in the rope, strikes into the serrations ot' the take-up pulley, rotates'it, as denoted by the av row, till the mortised half is uppermost, when the rope will drop into the mortise and give the creature an extra length of rope. When the creature rises the rope runs back and rotates the take-up pulley back to the position shown in the drawings, Figs. 1 and 3.

I claim as my invention- 1. The rope or chain 0, provided with a suitable tying device, attached to supports overhead and underneath the tying device, and free to rise and fall, all substantially as described, and for the purposeset forth.

2 The combination of the rope or chain 0, bearing a suitable tying device, and the crossbar], with the take-up pulley e? and the pulleys (Z (Z, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

HEN RY M. ROBBINS.

Witnesses:

\VM. E. SiMoNDs, JAMES J. GREENE. 

